Truck hijacking

in the RSA for the financial years 1994/1995 to 2002/2003

This crime have already been accounted for under robbery with aggravating circumstances

Reported Crime Figures

Province

April 1994 to March 1995

April 1995 to March 1996

April 1996 to March 1997

April 1997 to March 1998

April 1998 to March 1999

April 1999 to March 2000

April 2000 to March 2001

April 2001 to March 2002

April 2002 to March 2003

Eastern Cape

-

-

171

180

177

186

186

172

165

Free State

-

-

99

110

128

101

136

99

23

Gauteng

-

-

2,351

2,890

3,939

3,096

2,637

1,794

447

KwaZulu-Natal

-

-

637

988

1,238

1,109

897

652

113

Mpumalanga

-

-

261

247

323

294

292

277

105

North West

-

-

92

106

128

83

88

105

57

Northern Cape

-

-

6

4

7

5

6

6

0

Limpopo

-

-

60

82

127

87

95

77

27

Western Cape

-

-

55

50

67

127

211

151

49

RSA Total

-

-

3,732

4,657

6,134

5,088

4,548

3,333

986

Ratio per 100 000 of the population

Province

April 1994 to March 1995

April 1995 to March 1996

April 1996 to March 1997

April 1997 to March 1998

April 1998 to March 1999

April 1999 to March 2000

April 2000 to March 2001

April 2001 to March 2002

April 2002 to March 2003

Eastern Cape

-

-

2.7

2.8

2.7

2.8

2.7

2.5

2.3

Free State

-

-

3.8

4.1

4.7

3.7

4.9

3.5

0.8

Gauteng

-

-

32.2

38.7

51.6

39.7

33.5

22.4

5.5

KwaZulu-Natal

-

-

7.6

11.6

14.2

12.4

10.0

7.1

1.2

Mpumalanga

-

-

9.4

8.7

11.0

9.8

9.6

8.9

3.3

North West

-

-

2.8

3.1

3.7

2.3

2.5

2.9

1.5

Northern Cape

-

-

0.7

0.5

0.8

0.6

0.7

0.7

0.0

Limpopo

-

-

1.2

1.6

2.5

1.6

1.7

1.4

0.5

Western Cape

-

-

1.4

1.2

1.6

3.0

5.0

3.5

1.1

RSA Total

-

-

9.3

11.3

14.6

11.8

10.4

7.5

2.2

Percentage Increase/Decrease

Province

1994-1995 /1995-1996

1995-1996 /1996-1997

1996-1997 /1997-1998

1997-1998 /1998-1999

1998-1999 /1999-2000

1999-2000 /2000-2001

2000-2001 /2001-2002

2001-2002 /2002-2003

1996-1997/ 2002-2003

Eastern Cape

-

-

5.3%

-1.7%

5.1%

0.0%

-7.5%

-4.1%

-3.5%

Free State

-

-

11.1%

16.4%

-21.1%

34.7%

-27.2%

-76.8%

-76.8%

Gauteng

-

-

22.9%

36.3%

-21.4%

-14.8%

-32.0%

-75.1%

-81.0%

KwaZulu-Natal

-

-

55.1%

25.3%

-10.4%

-19.1%

-27.3%

-82.7%

-82.3%

Mpumalanga

-

-

-5.4%

30.8%

-9.0%

-0.7%

-5.1%

-62.1%

-59.8%

North West

-

-

15.2%

20.8%

-35.2%

6.0%

19.3%

-45.7%

-38.0%

Northern Cape

-

-

-33.3%

75.0%

-28.6%

20.0%

0.0%

-100.0%

-100.0%

Limpopo

-

-

36.7%

54.9%

-31.5%

9.2%

-18.9%

-64.9%

-55.0%

Western Cape

-

-

-9.1%

34.0%

89.6%

66.1%

-28.4%

-67.5%

-10.9%

RSA Total

-

-

24.8%

31.7%

-17.1%

-10.6%

-26.7%

-70.4%

-73.6%